Dr. Lance Dodes on the dangers of 2020: "Trump is a psychopath who will destroy democracy"

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Dr. Lance Dodes on the dangers of 2020: "Trump is a psychopath who will destroy democracy"
Former Harvard psychiatrist on the hair-raising months ahead: "Donald Trump cares nothing about anyone else's life"

CHAUNCEY DEVEGA
JULY 2, 2020 11:00AM (UTC)


(Salon) For four years Donald Trump has willfully and repeatedly violated the presidential oath of office and its promise to "faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States," and "preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States."

It now appears that Trump was aware — perhaps for as much as a year — that Russian agents had placed bounties on the heads of American soldiers serving in Afghanistan. That's only the most recent example of the president's betrayal of his oath of office.

Former national security adviser John Bolton's new book "The Room Where It Happened," in conjunction with new investigative reporting from CNN shows Trump to be reckless, out of control, negligent, delusional, corrupt, incompetent and thoroughly unfit to lead the United States both domestically and internationally.

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What happens to a person like Donald Trump when they suffer a narcissistic injury, such as what happened in Tulsa with his failed rally?

Donald Trump is incapable of tolerating losing without withdrawing into delusional paranoid explanations of what happened. His fundamental need to be always right and an absolute ruler, a God above all criticism, is what has led to his inability to tolerate democracy, and his repeated efforts to destroy it with his attacks on Congress, the judiciary system and a free press.

A few days after the Tulsa rally, Trump traveled to Arizona where he spoke to thousands of hand-picked adoring supporters at a right-wing evangelical church. So on one day he is in the pits of despair and anger, but the next day he is elated and flying high. How does such an emotional rollercoaster impact his mind?

Trump is able to appear more in touch with reality when he is being worshiped. Indeed, when his primitive needs are not being challenged, he can look like a normal person — it's what has made him a successful con man. When he is challenged, however, his cruelty, sadism, paranoia, lack of conscience, incitement to violence and active pursuit of policies that kill people become obvious. These traits are properly described as "evil." In professional terms, they mean he is a psychopath. ................(more)

https://www.salon.com/2020/07/02/dr-lance-dodes-on-the-dangers-of-2020-trump-is-a-psychopath-who-will-destroy-democracy/

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1. "Trump is a sociopathic megalomaniac...

...and the Republican party is the most dangerous organization on earth." -- Noam Chomsky

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2. Highly recommended. k&r n/t

-Laelth